{"id":166646,"date":"2026-02-06T12:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166646\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:23:57","slug":"pedestrian-struck-by-driver-in-southwest-berkeley-cals-new-venture-fund-starts-raising-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166646\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian struck by driver in Southwest Berkeley; Cal’s new venture fund starts raising money"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A view of the Campanile on UC Berkeley from Cal Memorial Stadium. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside\/CatchLight<\/p>\n

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The UC Berkeley Chancellor\u2019s Fund, the college\u2019s attempt at venture capital, has raised more than $250,000 from a single investor. Chancellor Rich Lyons has said he wants to blur the \u201cedge\u201d between the university and the region\u2019s startup ecosystem. (SF Business Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A man in his 60s was taken to Highland Hospital on Saturday night after a driver struck him in a crosswalk at San Pablo and Ashby avenues. (Berkeley Scanner<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Will Hammond Jr. and Mike Roberts \u2014 the East Bay musical duo who crooned about how heat pumps have a \u201clot of love to give\u201d<\/a> \u2014 have released a new music video produced by Berkeley High students and filmed in multiple Berkeley locales, including the Rose Garden. (YouTube<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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A group of UC Berkeley students have been editing Wikipedia in an effort to preserve queer history in the Trump era. (Them<\/a>) <\/p>\n

A UC Berkeley student\u2019s first-person account of why they helped put up a cardboard mosquito sculpture in protest of the Turning Point USA event last year. (Daily Cal<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Ordinary people share their private stories at Berkeley\u2019s \u201cTILT\u201d theater production. (East Bay Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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